Back when I Kissed a Girl came out, it was kinda all we had. So fine, we took it, kinda, and ignored the homo/biphobia of the song. But we're past that now.

So when I hear about Katy Perry scissoring with a girl on stage, or see Sabrina Carpenter awkwardly kissing Jenna Ortega just to score some social points, I'm kinda over it.

The interactions are awkward, our existence becomes sexualized and played to the male gaze, and things like "it's just a phase" continue to be propagated.

I just don't think it's cute anymore. Or maybe it never was. But I'd like straight people to stop appropriating us.

(I know, it's possible some of these girls are actually bi and just end up in straight relationships and that's fine. But come on...we all saw that Sabrina/Jenna kiss. It was somehow the straightest thing I've ever seen on TV.)

Edit: I'm seeing comments that Katy Perry is out as bi, and I actually can't find any confirmation of that. Only that she has called herself "bicurious" and has "experimented with women." But overall, she appears to still refer to herself as either heterosexual or sexually fluid, depending on the situation.

Edit 2: Please don't get so hung up on just the two examples I used. This was intended to be a more general conversation and not a direct attack on just a couple artists. I'm actually a huge Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega fan. I'm not like...mad at them or anything lol.

Edit 3: And for those saying we shouldn't get upset about pop stars doing this, please remember that we do get upset about movie stars doing this. Long gone are the days of Jake Gyllenhaal and Eddie Redmayne playing gay and trans characters. If someone hired a straight person to play those roles now, they'd be crucified.